If Only It Was That Simple

Song with the lyrics "I am just a simple man, but if I could only hold your hand"?

Sometimes (I Wish) - Dallas Green

If only life "were" or "was" as simple as....?

The standard correct usage for a hypothetical (contrary-to-fact) situation is "If only life were fair" or "If only I were taller" or ""If only this were easy to do."

The sentences above are in the present. Many speakers use "was" and are understood, but you asked for "correct."

Edit: The adjective used--"fair" vs. "easy" has nothing to do with the choice of verb. "Were" would be correct with a noun, if the subject can never be that noun. Example: If you were a bird....

The only thing that matters is the contrary-to-fact nature of the idea. If it's not factual, it needs the subjunctive, "were." If I were you/If he were here/if it were hot today, etc.

Simple Array question? answer only part C and D?

C) so you mean that for the int array you would have expected it to be multiples of 4, since that's the size of the int and the difference in consecutive pointers should be 4, not 1 (as seen in the output)?

First, for the char array (since it's only 1 byte in length), this is expected behavior. The reason it increments by 1 and not 4 in the int array is because the C compiler knows you are subtracting two int pointers. So if you add one to an int pointer, it should go to the next int in the array, which would mean incrementing by 4 bytes...so if you do pointer subtraction, it's just going to say it differs by one.

If you did the following, you would see the difference of 4 like you expected:

char *firstP = (char *)first;
char *secondP = (char *)(first + idx);// or (char *)(&first[idx]);

Now if you display secondP - firstP, it will give the difference of 4 that you were expecting.

D) You said you already did B), so does it match your formula? I suspect it should.


Edit:

Surely your formula can handle negative numbers, right? You just go backwards, that's all a negative means. Your formula doesn't care whether or not it's a valid index and neither does the compiler when you do that. The only thing that "cares" is the OS and it only "cares" when you go outside of you page of memory (this is what will cause a segfault). Often times, if you only go slightly over the array (and almost always slightly before) this will NOT cause a segfault because you are not outside of the page in memory (so as far as the OS is concerned you are allowed to access this memory). Usually you only get segfaults when you don't initialize a pointer because now the memory will be random and most likely outside of your page in memory.

Old Music Fans only Please (Easy 10 Points)?

5-Billie Jean from the late Michael Jackson (Album: Thriller)
The song's lyrics refer to a real-life experience in 1981, in which a mentally ill female fan claimed that Jackson had fathered one of her twins. The song is well known for its distinctive bass line and Jackson's vocal hiccups.

The Magic & The Madness documents how a young woman wrote a letter to Jackson in 1981, informing the singer that he was the father of one of her twins. Jackson, who regularly received letters of this kind, had never met the woman in question and ignored it. The woman sent more letters to Jackson, claiming that she loved him and wanted to be with him. She wrote of how happy they would be, bringing up the child together. She pondered how Jackson could ignore his own flesh and blood. The letters disturbed the singer to the extent that he suffered nightmares.

Following the letters, Jackson received a parcel containing a photograph of the fan, as well as a letter and a gun. Jackson was horrified—the letter asked that the pop star kill himself on a certain day and at a specific time. The fan would do the same once she had killed their baby. She wrote that if they could not be together in this life, then they would be in the next. To his mother's dismay, Jackson had the photograph framed and hung above the dining room table of their family home. Afterward, the Jacksons discovered that the female fan had been sent to a psychiatric hospital.

Only Asians please. Just a simple question?

Your question is not a simple question! Deep psychology is involved.
Not racist but the word Asian is too vague.
Stereotypes are sadly based on some truth.

People would befriend someone like themselves: similar households, feelings, race to feel more secure, to feel included: community. It's not just Asians, but everyone.

Note the fact that Asians live in a monocultural society. For many thousands of years, Asians did not have direct contact with foreigners and when they did, it was out of their will. Even now, foreigners-tourists are unique to their eyes.

I am Korean myself, and I do not feel diginified by the fact that Koreans simply refuse to assimilate and accept other cultures.

Note: http://www.convictcreations.com/culture/southkorea.html

Generally dating a Caucasian would be favored due to "sterotypes". You know what I am saying if you look at the media, daily news, stats, etc. Often most races are known for negavitity, and it's frowned upon to date them lol.

And I think any parent would flip out if their kid got a girl pregnant (lol).

I know a lot of koreans that are mixed and they are generally viewed as unique and accepted well in the community.
Adults might frown upon, but us kids are blind in color :/ BTW, mixed is much more beautiful. Us kids are the future, so adults would have to just deal with it in the future. muhaha.

I do not feel happy for the one sided view of many Koreans and Asians, but how can I blame them? They've been through a lot: historically. You can't change who they are.. They will never listen.. All humans are stubborn. It's also meant to preserve a culture.. It's part of who you are. It's hard to change your self.

Meh, I don't careeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I really could care less about the color of the person I'm dating. It's a generation thing. :P